Device for jointing saw-teeth



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F. J. ULRICH. v Device for Jointing MW Teeth.

NO. 230,908. Patented Aug. 10,1880,

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MPETEfls. PHDTOALITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, o c

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK J. ULRICH, OF OIL CREEK TOWNSHIP, CRAWFORD COUNTY, A

PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FOR JOINTING SAW-TEETH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,908, dated August10, 1880.

Application filed March 8, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK J. ULRICH, ofOilCreek township, Crawford count-y, State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Device for J ointing the Teeth of SawsPrevious to Filing, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is more particularly intended for saws having what iscalled a rather, or central tooth, somewhat shorter than thecutting-teeth, for the purpose of removing all sawdust and dirt from thesaw-kerf, the object being at one operation to joint the cutting-teethto an even length, and at the same time the rakers are jointed to therelative length requiredto do good work. I attain this object byattaching to a guide a file of peculiar form, as illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure l is anisometrical "iew ofthejointer entire; Fig. 2, a section of saw-plate,showing thecutting-teeth and rakers; and Fig. 3, a section of the jointer, shown asaboutto be applied to the saw.

A isa block or guide of wood or metal. B is'a file having in the centerof its cuttingedge the tongue 0. D is the saw-plate. E E arecutting-teeth. F F are rakers.

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The file B is firmlyattached to the guide A, which is countersunk toreceive it just sufficiently to bring the tongue C in line with thesaw-plate D when the guide is held against the plate.

To use the jointer, the guideA is held against the saw-plate D with thefile B resting upon the saw-teeth, the tongue C resting on the rakers,while the shoulders on each side of C rest on the cutting-teeth.

As the guide is moved from end to end of the saw, it is evident that thecutting-teeth are jointed to an even length also, the rakers are et'enedand made just as much shorter-as the tongue C projects beyond theshoulders of the file B. The saw is then ready for filing in the usualmanner.

I claim as my invention As a device for jointing the teeth of saws wherethe teeth are required to be of unequal length, a tile, B, provided witha tongue, C, upon its cutting-edge or surface, substantially asdescribed, and for the purposes herein setforth.

FREDERICK J. ULRICH.

In presence of- J AMEs H. HILL, A. B. HOWLAND.

